spread betn.
/ˈsprɛd ˌbɛt/, U.S. /ˈsprɛd ˌbɛt/ Gambling.
A bet offered or placed under the system of spread betting.
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swoopstake1599
by-beta1627
levant1714
even money1732
play or pay bet1738
side bet1769
long shot1796
sweep1849
pay-or-play1853
sweepstake1861
pari-mutuel1868
to go a raker1869
flutter1874
skinner1874
by-wager1886
plunge1888
accumulator1889
saver1891
mutuel1893
quinella1902
parlay1904
Sydney or the bush1924
treble1924
daily double1930
all-up1933
round robin1944
double1951
twin double1960
perfecta1961
pool1963
lose bet1964
tiercé1964
Yankee bet1964
Yankee1967
nap1971
superfecta1971
tricast1972
triple1972
trixie1973
telebetting1974
trifecta1974
over-and-under1975
over-under1981
spread bet1981
1981 Jrnl. Polit. Econ. 89 758 In the standard point-spread game the bookie's commission..results in spread bets being offered at 10: 11 odds.
1992 Evening Standard 3 Apr. 35/5 On offer is a spread bet on how many of the 30 fences the rank outsider will successfully jump.
1997 Daily Mail (Nexis) 10 Dec. 15 A backroom boy at a major financial institution is said to have built up his fortune by placing ‘spread bets’ on movements in share and currency prices.
2001 Marketing Week 2 Aug. 6/4 Spread bets would be made on a traditional pools form and would enable punters to bet, for example, on how many goals will be scored in total in a football match or over a season by a football team.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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